Arisaema

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Arisaema triphyllum.jpg

|image_caption = Arisaema triphyllum

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Arisaema

|authority = Mart.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Alocasia Neck. ex Raf.

  • Dochafa Schott
  • Muricauda Small
  • Flagellarisaema Nakai
  • Heteroarisaema Nakai
  • Pleuriarum Nakai
  • Ringentiarum Nakai

|range_map = Arisaema distribution.svg

|range_map_caption = Range of the genus Arisaema.

| diversity = About 212 species

| diversity_link = List of Arisaema species

}}

Image:Whipcord_Cobra_Lily.jpg]]

Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae. The largest concentration of species is in China and Japan, with other species native to other parts of southern Asia as well as eastern and central Africa, Mexico and eastern North America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=15221 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Asiatic species are often called cobra lilies, while western species are often called jack-in-the-pulpit; both names refer to the distinctive appearance of the flower, which consists of an erect central spadix rising from a spathe.Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=102590 Flora China Vol. 23 Page 43, 天南星属 tian nan xing shu, Arisaema Martius, Flora. 14: 459. 1831. ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=102590 Flora of North America, Vol. 22, Arisaema Martius, Flora. 14: 459. 1831.]

Classification and relationships

The closest relatives of Arisaema appear to be Pinellia and Typhonium (although the latter as defined in 2004 seems to be paraphyletic, having given rise to Arisaema and other genera).{{citation | doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.6.881 | title = A chloroplast phylogeny of Arisaema (Araceae) illustrates Tertiary floristic links between Asia, North America, and East Africa | year = 2004 | author = Renner, S. S. | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 91 | issue = 6 | pages = 881–8 | last2 = Zhang | first2 = L.-B. | last3 = Murata | first3 = J. | pmid=21653444| url = http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-14634-6 }} One unusual trait shared by all Arisaema species, and not those of other genera, is the sex change or act of Sequential hermaphroditism. Arisaema plants are typically male when small, and female or hermaphroditic when large, with a single plant capable of changing sex based on nutrition and genetics,{{citation | doi = 10.3732/ajb.90.12.1729 | title = Local differentiation and plasticity in size and sex expression in jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum (Araceae) | year = 2003 | author = Vitt, P. | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 90 | issue = 12 | pages = 1729–35 | last2 = Holsinger | first2 = K. E. | last3 = Jones | first3 = C. S. | pmid=21653349| doi-access = free }} and perhaps changing sex several times during its long life (20 years or more).

=Sections=

A phylogenetic study in 2016 by Ohi-toma et. al recognized 15 sections in the genus.{{cite journal | last1=Ohi-Toma | first1=Tetsuo | last2=Wu | first2=Sugong | last3=Murata | first3=Hiroko | last4=Murata | first4=Jin | title=An updated genus-wide phylogenetic analysis of Arisaema (Araceae) with reference to sections | journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | publisher=Oxford University Press (OUP) | volume=182 | issue=1 | date=2016-06-30 | issn=0024-4074 | doi=10.1111/boj.12459 | pages=100–114| doi-access=free }}

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ImageSectionType species
File:My-13-4030-Cobra-Cobra-Lily-Cameron-Cobra-Lily-HiR.jpgA. sect. Anomala {{small|Gusman & L. Gusman 2003}}Arisaema anomalum
File:Arisaema speciosum- The Cobra Lily.jpgA. sect. Arisaema {{small|Li et al. 2010}}Arisaema speciosum
File:Rumphia, sive, Commentationes botanicæ¦ imprimis de plantis Indiæ¦ Orientalis (8330551674).jpgA. sect. Attenuata {{small|(Engler) H. Li 2017}}Arisaema laminatum
File:Arisaema negishii 4.JPGA. sect. Clavata {{small|(Engler) H. Hara 1971}}Arisaema clavatum
A. sect. Decipienta {{small|(Engler) H. Li in C. Y. Wu & H. Li 1979}}Arisaema decipiens
File:Arisaema flavum (Forssk.) Schott, Prodr. Syst. Aroid. 40 (1860) (50064945376).jpgA. sect. Dochafa {{small|(Schott) H. Hara 1971}}Arisaema flavum
File:Arisaema fimbriatum-IMG 0273.jpgA. sect. Fimbriata {{small|(Engl.) H.Li 1979}}Arisaema fimbriatum
File:Arisaema thunbergii subsp. urashima 4.JPGA. sect. Flagellarisaema {{small|(Nakai) H.Hara 1971}}Arisaema thunbergii
File:Arisaema fargesii Buchet- Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1- 371 (1911). 20210701 151512.jpgA. sect. Franchetiana {{small|(Engl.) H. Hara 1971}}Arisaema franchetianum
File:Arisaema nepenthoides (26634334281).jpgA. sect. Nepenthoidea {{small|(Engl.) H. Hara 1971}}Arisaema nepenthoides
File:Arisaema saxatile Buchet- Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2- 124 (1911). 20210627 222557.jpgA. sect. Odorata {{small|Murata et al. 2013}}Arisaema odoratum
File:全緣燈台蓮 Arisaema sikokianum -日本大阪鮮花競放館 Osaka Sakuya Konohana Kan, Japan- (42277025661).jpgA. sect. Pistillata {{small| (Engler) Nakai 1929}}Arisaema serratum
File:Arisaema ciliatum - Flickr - peganum (1).jpgA. sect. Sinarisaema {{small|Nakai 1950}}Arisaema formosanum
File:Arisaema jacquemontii - Jacquemont's Cobra Lily on way from Gangria to Hemkund at Valley of Flowers National Park - during LGFC - VOF 2019 (15).jpgA. sect. Tenuipistillata {{small|Engl. 1920}}Arisaema jacquemontii
File:WhipcordCobraLily.jpgA. sect. Tortuosa {{small|(Engler) H. Hara 1971}}Arisaema tortuosum

Species

:See: List of Arisaema species

Plants of the World Online accepts around 212 accepted species {{as of|2025|February}}.{{cite web | title=Plants of the World Online | website=Plants of the World Online | date=2020-07-28 | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328148-2#children | access-date=2025-02-02}}

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book |last1=Gusman |first1=Guy |last2=Gusman |first2=Liliane |title=The genus Arisaema: A monograph for botanists and nature lovers |date=2006 |publisher=A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG |location=Ruggell |isbn=0881928399 |pages=1–474 |edition=2nd}}
  • {{cite journal |last1=Wyatt |first1=Robert |last2=Stoneburner |first2=Ann |title=A review of Arisaema (Araceae) in North America |journal=Aroideana |date=2022 |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=553–583 |issn=2310-0745 |url=http://www.namethatplant.net/PDFs/Arisaema_Aroideana_Wyatt&Stoneburner_2022.pdf |access-date=16 April 2025}}